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Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, Cleveland (August 2006)

Since I’ve got a bit of a rock & roll theme going this week with the various posts about RPL’s 50th “Retro” Anniversary Party featuring Rory Allen this Saturday from 1-4pm, I thought I’d post a picture of me outside the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland…

¶ Posted 15 September 2016 § MemoryLane § Photo § ThrowbackThursday § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: music, unitedstates

Music Monday – “Honey, I know, I know I know/Times are changing/It’s time we all reach out/For something new, that means you too”

Some say that the mark of a great song is that you can re-work it into a different style of music and it’s just as powerful. This is a good example of that theory in practice… “Purple Rain” (Bluegrass cover) – Leroy Justice

¶ Posted 12 September 2016 § MusicMonday § United States § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: music

Saturday Snap – Me on CBC

Got fairly short notice (just over an hour) invitation from RPL’s Marketing Unit who needed someone to go on CBC Radio’s “Blue Sky” noon hour program to talk about books we’re recommending these days and other topics yesterday. Since I’m a good guy, always eager to help a colleague who’s in a bind plus not uncomfortable […]

¶ Posted 10 September 2016 § Humour § Library § MemoryLane § Saskatchewan § Wisdom § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: book, language, saskatchewan

Netflix’s “Narcos” Renewed For Two More Seasons

Shea and I were just talking last night about how sad we’ll be when we finish this season of “Narcos” (we have two episodes left) finishes since (spoiler alert) we’re pretty sure we know how this based-on-a-true-story saga ends. But happy news today – NetFlix has announced they’ve renewed “Narcos” for two more seasons and […]

¶ Posted 06 September 2016 § Internet § News ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: history, television

Music Monday – “But if I work all day in the blue sky mine/There’ll be food on the table tonight.”

Happy Labour Day! “Blue Sky Mine” – Midnight Oil

¶ Posted 05 September 2016 § Canada § Jobs § MusicMonday § Politics § UK § United States § Video § Wisdom § Work ‡ Comments (0) °

“Liminal” by Rodney Mullen, Inventor of the “Ollie” Trick That Most Skateboarding Tricks Are Based On

Pace is getting into skateboarding which means that I’m getting into skateboarding. 😉 But I came across this article and video recently and did want to share because it’s *very* cool – the guy who invented “the ollie” (flat ground version) on which most modern skateboarding tricks are based who is now 49 years old […]

¶ Posted 04 September 2016 § Family § Meme § Pace § Sports § Technology § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: cool, sports

A McReview of the New McDonalds “Create Your Taste” Burger Option #yqr

So, to celebrate the first day of school, we decided to take Pace to McDonalds for supper. I’d forgotten that Regina’s Rochdale McDonalds location (and perhaps others in the city?) have installed the new “Build Your Taste” machines which are like giant iPad-like, self-serve touchscreen machines. I’m sure we could’ve figured it out but a […]

¶ Posted 01 September 2016 § Family § Humour § Jobs § Randomness § Saskatchewan § Technology ‡ Comments (1) ° Tagged: economics, food, saskatchewan, science